add StaticText source, which can be used as a simple way to forward values between web pages

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/Components/Sources/StaticText.py b/lib/python/Components/Sources/StaticText.py
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+++ b/lib/python/Components/Sources/StaticText.py
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+from Source import Source
+from Components.Element import cached
+
+class StaticText(Source):
+	# filter is a function which filters external, untrusted strings
+	# this must be done to avoid XSS attacks!
+	
+	# (and is probably not done yet. For this reason, be careful when
+	# using this on HTML pages. *DO* provide your filter function.)
+	def __init__(self, text = "", filter = lambda x: x):
+		Source.__init__(self)
+		self.text = text
+		self.filter = filter
+
+	def handleCommand(self, cmd):
+		self.text = self.filter(cmd)